INSTRUMENTALIZATION OF ICTS NITS FOR ACTIVE PROSPECTING OF COMPANIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF R&D&I PROJECTS VIA USE OF THE LEI DO BEM: PROPOSAL FOR A MANUALTechnology transfer offices (NITs); Good Law (Law No. 11,196/2005, article 19-A); active prospecting; university–industry partnerships; innovation tax incentives.
This study analyses how Technology Transfer Offices (Núcleos de Inovação Tecnológica – NITs) in institutions that make up Brazil’s Federal Network of Professional, Scientific and Technological Education (RFEPCT) can engage in active prospecting of companies to jointly develop research, development and innovation (R&D&I) projects, based on the tax incentives granted to firms under Law No. 11,196/2005, the Good Law. The aim is to propose a practical manual to support the structuring of partnerships that may be framed under this statute, particularly with regard to article 19-A. The study adopts a qualitative approach, with a descriptive and applied nature, grounded in Design Science Research. The methodological path combines literature and documentary review, normative analysis of the procedural flow of article 19-A and an empirical survey with NITs from the Federal Network, carried out by means of an online questionnaire. The findings reveal a gap between formal knowledge of article 19-A and its practical application, as well as a governance blockage at the federal level. In light of this diagnosis, the proposed manual systematises the procedural flow of article 19-A and provides guidance for NITs to organise their internal routines for identifying and forwarding projects that may potentially be framed under this mechanism.